What do unusual return codes such as -3 and 0196 mean?

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What do unusual return codes such as -3 and 0196 mean?..

Answer / ram

hi shakila vinayagam,
i'm getting the problem for rexx batch execution while
having the ADDRESS statement and w/o address statement its
executing fine but not going to macro program.
my error looks like
14 *-* ADDRESS ISPEXEC "EDIT DATASET("CURRNAM2")",
+++ RC(-3) +++
the same is fine when i execute thru online like
tso pgm-name or pgm-name.
can you please tell me how to execute the rexx program
which invokes macro through BATCH mode my sample jcl
//REXX1 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT1B
//SYSEXEC DD DSN=WLAWPDS.TEST.RAREXX,DISP=SHR
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN DD *
REX1
/*
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
//

please clarify.

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What do unusual return codes such as -3 and 0196 mean?..

Answer / shakila vinayagam

Basically they are either decimalised abend codes or
indicate a problem with the environment.

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